The French also returned the other Dutch colonies they had recaptured from the British, including the ones in the West Indies ( like St. Eustatius that had been taken by Admiral Rodney in February, 1781, but was retaken by the French Admiral De Grasse on November 27, 1781 )

He was in exile in South Carolina for two years at the home of his brother near Purrysburgh, but returned to Georgia in declining health in 1778, before his death in 1781.

It decided to join Vermont in April 1781, but at the insistence of George Washington, returned to New Hampshire authority early the next year.

Lafayette returned to France on 18 December 1781.

Writing to a friend John Roget in 1781 he said of Howard, " the author .. made a visit to every prison and house of correction in England with invincible perseverance and courage ; for some of the prisons were so infected by diseases and putrid air that he was obliged to hold a cloth steeped in vinegar to his nostrils .. and to change his clothes the moment he returned.

Dutch possessions in the East Indies, captured in 1781, were returned by Britain to the Netherlands in exchange for trading privileges in the Dutch East Indies, by a treaty which was not finalised until 1794.

In 1781, King Louis XVI of France proclaimed an amnesty for deserters, so Augereau returned to his native land.

It landed in France in March 1781 and returned to America in August with 2. 5 livres in silver, as part of a " present " of 6 million and a loan of 10 million.

In 1778, Spaight returned to North Carolina and served as an aide to General Richard Caswell during the American Revolutionary War until 1781.

He returned to active service during the American War of Independence and became commander-in-chief of the North American Squadron in 1781 when Mariot Arbuthnot returned home.

Subsequently, he was a member of the House of Assembly for the 1780 / 81 and 1781 / 82 sessions, and returned to the Legislative Council, for three sessions from 1782 / 83 through 1784 / 85.

After fleeing due to gambling debts, Russell returned to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, seeking promotion in the military and being promoted Captain in 1781.

This post, however, was surrendered to the Americans with Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781 and Tarleton returned to England on parole.

In 1781 he returned to Dumfries to practice law.

Early in 1781 he returned to Carolina to put his family's affairs in order.

He served in the state Senate from 1781 to 1789, and was returned to national Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787.

Lewis returned to New York in 1777, and was a member of the New York State Senate from 1777 to 1781 and again from 1783 to 1790.

He was returned to the Congress until 1781, when the term limit imposed by the state constitution prevented his reappointment.

At the 1886 general election, he was returned unopposed in North Longford, but had also stood in Derry City, where he was declared to have lost to the Unionist candidate by the narrow margin of 1778 votes to 1781.

In September 1781 Keats returned to the North American station with Digby in.

He returned to Paris to marry fiancée, Marie Jeanne Crevoisier, on August 27, 1781.

By 1781 Oldknow had entered into partnership with his brother, Thomas, and he returned to live at Anderton in 1782, expanding into the manufacture of cotton goods.

In practice, the Articles were in use beginning in 1777 ; the final draft of the Articles served as the de facto system of government used by the Congress (" the United States in Congress assembled ") until it became de jure by final ratification on March 1, 1781 ; at which point Congress became the Congress of the Confederation.

When the Congress received notice of this on March 1, 1781, he joined Daniel Carroll in endorsing them for Maryland.

In November 1781, Hanson became the first President of the Continental Congress to be elected for an annual term as specified in the Articles of Confederation, although Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean had served in that office after the ratification of the Articles.

* Thomas, Douglas H. John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled, 1781 – 1782.

* 1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.

The Articles of Confederation, ratified by the colonies in 1781, contained the clause, " The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states — fixing the standards of weights and measures throughout the United States — ....".

At the beginning of the American Revolution, he served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia ( 1779 – 1781 ).

In September 1774, the First Continental Congress brought together delegates from the colonies in Philadelphia, followed by the Second Continental Congress, which met from May 1775 to March 1781.

After adopting the Articles of Confederation, the Congress of the Confederation was formed and convened in Philadelphia from March 1781 until June 1783, when a mob of angry soldiers converged upon Independence Hall, demanding payment for their service during the American Revolutionary War.

Its ratification gave the Congress a new name: the Congress of the Confederation, which met from 1781 to 1789.

A similar position, called either " Secretary at War " or " Secretary of War ," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation between 1781 and 1789.

The Presidents of the Continental Congress ( 1774 – 1781 ) did not have the power of veto.

The President could not veto an act of Congress under the Articles of Confederation ( 1781 – 1789 ), but he possessed certain recess and reserve powers that were not necessarily available to the predecessor President of Continental Congress.

It was named for Thomas Burke, a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1781 and Governor of North Carolina from 1781 to 1782.

He also served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1784 to 1785, and the 18th Governor of Connecticut from 1786 until his death.

Huntington remained as President of Congress until July 9, 1781, when ill health forced him to resign and return to Connecticut.

Burnet was elected to the Continental Congress in 1780 and served from December 11, 1780 until his resignation on April 1, 1781, when he was forced to leave this service by the press of other duties and his wife's illness.

In 1781, he worked for a time in a saddle-maker's shop.

A letter from Phillip to Sandwich of 17 January 1781 records Phillip's loan to Sandwich of his charts of the Plata and Brazilian coasts for use in organising the expedition.

The death of Karl ( 8 September 1781 ) make him the next in line to the Electorate as Crown Prince ( de: Kronprinz ); this was because all the pregnancies of the Electress Amalie, except for one daughter, ended in a stillbirth.

Belgian journalist Jo Gérard has claimed that a family manuscript dated 1781 recounts that potatoes were deep-fried prior to 1680 in what was then the Spanish Netherlands and is now present-day Belgium, in the Meuse valley: " The inhabitants of Namur, Andenne, and Dinant, had the custom of fishing in the Meuse for small fish and frying, especially among the poor, but when the river was frozen and fishing became hazardous, they cut potatoes in the form of small fish and put them in a fryer like those here ".

Benjamin Franklin prepared an essay on the topic for the Royal Academy of Brussels in 1781 urging scientific study.

Two more patents were granted for these in 1781 and 1782.

Edward Bull started constructing engines for Boulton and Watt in Cornwall in 1781.

16: 4 Trio Sonatas for 2 Flutes and Basso Continuo ( 1781 )

Messier's final catalogue was included in the Connaissance des Temps for 1784 ( published in 1781 ).

57 > After quitting his legal studies for a year and lapsing into a depression, he found another practicing attorney to mentor him, completing his studies and passing the bar examination in 1781.

Charles Messier then compiled a catalog of 103 " nebulae " ( now called Messier objects, which included what are now known to be galaxies ) by 1781 ; his interest was detecting comets, and these were objects that might be mistaken for them, wasting time.

The word naturism was used for the first time in 1778 by a French-speaking Belgian, Jean Baptiste Luc Planchon ( 1734 – 1781 ), and was advocated as a means of improving the ' l ’ hygiène de vie ' ( natural style of life ) and health.

It was never built, but eighteen years later in 1815 Gilly's pupil, Karl Friedrich Schinkel ( 1781 – 1841 ), put forward plans for a National Memorial Cathedral to commemorate the recent victories in the Wars of Liberation.

The " Dutch House " adjoining was purchased by George III in 1781 as a nursery for the royal children.

In March, 1781, during his search for double stars, Herschel noticed an object appearing as a nonstellar disk.

Presented in July 1781 with the options of attacking British forces in either New York or Virginia, Admiral de Grasse opted for the latter, arriving at the Chesapeake at the end of August.

When the 25-year-old Mozart arrived in Vienna in 1781, seeking professional opportunity, one of the first tasks to which he addressed himself was to become acquainted with Stephanie and lobby him for an opera commission.

Baron Carl Otto Mörner ( 22 May 1781 – 17 August 1868 ), who was a Swedish courtier, and obscure member of the Diet, advocated for the succession.

In 1781, for a total of six months, a group of Aymara people laid siege to La Paz.

On 22 October 1781, the queen gave birth to Louis Joseph Xavier François, who bore the title Dauphin of France, as was customary for the eldest son of the King of France.

Public records indicate that in 1781 the Comtesse de Provence's bought land for her Hameau which was completed in 1783, just before work started on the Queen's Hameau.